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Co-operative Promotion Centre built with India’s aid inaugurated in Nepal

10Mar

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Co-operative Promotion Centre built with India’s aid inaugurated in Nepal

With India’s financial assistance of Nepali Rupees of 35 million, the Indian Embassy in Nepal on Wednesday inaugurated the Co-operative Promotion Centre in the Lalitpur district with an aim to further strengthen farming communities of the Himalayan nation.According to an official statement, Namgya C. Khampa, Deputy Chief of the Indian High Command inaugurated the Co-operative Promotion Centre.“The project was taken up as a High Impact Community Development Project and implemented by District Coordination Committee in Lalitpur, the new building was built under ‘Nepal-Bharat Development Cooperation’,” the statement read.The building will have three floors, the first and the second floors will be used for an open market, office purposes, training rooms, resource centres and cafeterias, accord

J&K govt to establish two pesticide testing labs in Kashmir

20Nov

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J&K govt to establish two pesticide testing labs in Kashmir

In a significant development, the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) administration has decided to establish two state-of-art pesticide testing labs at two places in north and south Kashmir to save farmers from an influx of spurious chemicals which have wreaked havoc with the horticulture sector.Horticulture Director, Kashmir, Aijaz Ahmad said that though the department has established a central pesticide testing laboratory but now the government has decided to establish two more such laboratories in North and South Kashmir to check the menace of spurious pesticides.“There is a dire need to check the use of spurious pesticides in Kashmir as it causes huge damage to our fruit industry. The Horticulture department has been time and again urging farmers to follow the spraying schedule and recommenda

In J&K district, cultivation of lemon grass reaps profit for farmers

20Oct

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In J&K district, cultivation of lemon grass reaps profit for farmers

For the farmers in the Reasi district in Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmi (J&K), the cultivation of lemon grass has become a new profitable venture as the oil extracted from it has huge demand in the market.The commercial cultivation of the lemon grass is also helping the farmers of Katra town to prevent the losses caused by monkeys. The monkey menace had compelled farmers to shun the agricultural practices and keep their cultivable lands fallow, thus, resulting in net loss to their income.Sensing the gravity of the problem, the Department of Agriculture, Reasi, in coordination with the KVK Reasi, and Indian Institute of Medicine Jammu organized a workshop to spread awareness amongst the farmers about lemongrass crops that monkeys cannot damage. It was in the year 2017 when K...

Efforts on to link farmers produce to national market: Kashmir’s Agriculture Director

12Oct

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Efforts on to link farmers produce to national market: Kashmir’s Agriculture Director

Altaf Aijaz Andrabi, Director of Kashmir’s Agriculture Department said that efforts are on at full swing to link farmers' produce to the national market in order to enable them to improve their livelihood.“The (Agriculture) department has envisaged a plan for the development of farming sector in the valley which includes maintaining timeliness in agriculture operations, increase production and productivity, reduce human labour besides providing better transportation and marketing facility to the growers and farmers to improve the farming community,” Andrabi said.He was speaking at a function organised to hand over the keys of two Bolero pickup vans to the farmers of district Budgam and Baramulla under Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) scheme.Andrabi stressed upon th

## J&K: Navin Choudhary reviews arrangements for transportation of fruit crops ##

10Oct

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## J&K: Navin Choudhary reviews arrangements for transportation of fruit crops ##

In Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Principal Secretary, Agriculture and Horticulture Department, Navin Kumar Choudhary chaired a meeting to review the arrangements for smooth transportation of fruit crops to the outside of the Valley at the civil secretariat.The meeting was attended by DC Udhampur, Piyush Singla; DC Poonch, Rahul Yadav; SSP Traffic Highway; ADC Anantnag, ACR Ramban; Director Planning and Marketing and other officials through video conferencing while SP Traffic, representatives of fruit markets of Sopore, Shopian, Kulgam and other districts attended the meeting in person.In the meeting, Choudhary directed the officials to strictly enforce one-way traffic especially during the peak fruit season.He directed the officers to sensitise officials at choking points fo...

Favourable weather, new varieties of trees improve almond quality in Kashmir

30Sep

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Favourable weather, new varieties of trees improve almond quality in Kashmir

Although the production of almond fruit crops is lower this year, a favourable weather and new varieties of trees improved the quality almonds in Budgam district and is expected to help growers to get a good return."This year almond quality is good and the crop was of good quality. The quantity is less but the quality is good. Irrigation facility was also there this time. Kashmir's almond is famous because it's oily," said Irshad Ahmad, a grower."Almonds quality is very good this time. They are very sweet this time and customers are also not complaining. People are also getting employed for the harvesting of this crop," said Nissar Ahmad, another grower.The Central Institute for Temperate Horticulture (CITH) and Sheri Kashmir University of Agriculture Science and Technology (SKUAST) have i...

New High-Tech Poly Houses Constructed In J-K to Boost Vegetable Cultivation

2Aug

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New High-Tech Poly Houses Constructed In J-K to Boost Vegetable Cultivation

The Jammu and Kashmir government has constructed new high-tech poly-houses at a cost of Rs 10 lakh to boost vegetable cultivation in the valley."These high-tech poly-houses have been installed under the Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana (RKVY) scheme sponsored by the Central government, with latest features like humidity control, a fogger system, temperature controller and heating system for harsh winters," said Zahoor Ahmad, Agricultural Assistant of the Kitchen garden scheme.He added that the previous poly-house only covered an area of 12 to 14 square feet while the new one covers over 2000 square feet."The new high-tech poly-house covers an area of 2000 square feet and has the latest agricultural equipment. This system can give us a much higher yield at a better quality. We do not need to d...